This is the most awesome thing I've seen here in a while. I'm in serious danger of blowing off the rest of my day to make a video game to stick these into.
This looks like a great implementation of the sfxr tool that's been around for a long time. I've seen it in Flash and there's an EXE version too. This one has some nice new add-ons I haven't seen yet, and a GREAT interface.
If you REALLY want to go nuts, here is a massive list of indie game development tools that can keep you busy for a while:
I've been finding the LD entry posts all quite interesting; they often have stuff (like bfxr) that I didn't know about, or at least, didn't know was that popular:
SFXR and CFXR have been two of the most useful tools I've had while developing games. So simple yet so flexible. I really recommend them for any game developer.
Well... was there ever a shortage of 8-bit sounds you can put into your games? These creators have been around years, i remember fiddeling with one 10 years ago when i was playing with RPG Maker 2000...
This has been around for a while, it's pretty cool nonetheless. I used it for sond effects on a pong game I made while learning C++.
On a side note that's the best way to learn to make games (or a new language for that matter), recreate old games from scratch. You'll also learn some trig and calculus while you're at it.
This is pretty awesome. I hit randomize and got this http://goo.gl/EuMtA , I can totally see it as a warp engine, or something like that. I'm going to play with it for a while...
Just randomly hitting a few of the buttons, it produced really excellent 2 x Atari 8-bit style explosions, and as near as damn it, a perfect Defender gunfire effect.
I haven't looked to see if it can do musical notes, but if it can, surely this would be excellent for chiptunes.
I just set up a cache of sounds to use in place of verbal responses today - mostly Coins, Lasers and Jumps. They just seem to say so many things better than I can. It has already gotten me into trouble. In other words, it's awesome. Thanks.
Those of you who are simply enjoying the bleeps and bloops should drop by a music store and buy yourselves a Monotron (or two!) for Christmas. $60 each and you can download the circuit diagrams from Korg, who has designed them to be hackable.
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If you REALLY want to go nuts, here is a massive list of indie game development tools that can keep you busy for a while:
http://www.mangatutorials.com/forum/showthread.php?742-The-U...
Seriously, as someone that works with sound and software synths a lot, it looks awful to me. What is it that you like about this?
Sweet!
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/
Original project: http://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html
http://www.threechords.com/hammerhead/drumsynth.shtml
http://www.warmplace.ru/
Lots of fun.
A High Def Sound Creation Tool would be nice...
For free, I suggest: Synth1 - www.kvraudio.com/get/214.html
You'll need a VST host, for which I suggest www.reaper.fm
On a side note that's the best way to learn to make games (or a new language for that matter), recreate old games from scratch. You'll also learn some trig and calculus while you're at it.
I kept hitting randomize and got this: http://t.co/Av3WNjzB
Now I want to make a game around it.
(People avoid URL shorteners here. Keeps the Rick Rolling low.)
Just randomly hitting a few of the buttons, it produced really excellent 2 x Atari 8-bit style explosions, and as near as damn it, a perfect Defender gunfire effect.
I haven't looked to see if it can do musical notes, but if it can, surely this would be excellent for chiptunes.
http://www.korg.com/monotron